Living and Teaching Stories Rooted in the Mission of God
Last night, friends from around our neighborhood gathered to hold a vigil of lament for the Charleston tragedy. We shared our confusion, our sadness, our anger and our pain. We read a liturgy of solidarity and empathy seeking to simply sit in the pain alongside our black sisters and brothers impacted not only by this tragedy, but by the …
Continue reading “Lament and the 4 Kids Who Will Never See Their Mother Again”
The Bible is one of the most misunderstood books in the history of humanity. Yet, it is the most read book in the history of humanity. It has been used to produce beautiful and broken realities: The Bible has been used to silence and dehumanize women as “less than” and inferior. Some scholars have gone …
Continue reading “The Bible (Part 1): Tool of Violence or Liberation…or Both?”
In recent years, my family has navigated some rough patches; death, cancer treatments, open heart surgeries, chronic disease, etc. Now, I’m certain this isn’t everyone’s experience, but mine has been that in these times of trauma or tragedy, family comes together to stand with one another as we wrestle through life’s crap. We aren’t picking …
Continue reading “3 Barriers Hijacking Christian’s Ability to Love Our “Enemies””
I was sitting in the airport the other day listening to yet another account of the current events unfolding in Israel and Palestine. Almost mechanically, the lips of the news anchor spilled out words like terrorists, extremist, escalating violence, detention, kidnapping, hatred, protest, etc. It was as though they were telling a story of some …
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Through my work with The Global Immersion Project, I have spent a significant amount of time over the years cultivating relationships among both Israelis and Palestinians as we partner together in cultivating a narrative of reconciliation. As is often the case when we approach a people or place with the hopes of being/bringing the needed change, …
Continue reading “Left Behind, Failed Peace and the Human Implications of (bad) Theology”